I am a Java developer, a chess enthusiast and hiker. I have moved as an IT Professional to USA from my beloved home country Bangladesh at 2005 leaving many of my family members, relatives, friends and good memories there as well as how are my days going here in this migrated place with my wife, son and friends. I would like to share some of them with you here in this online diary.

Saturday, April 15, 2017

Here are 9 great insights for achieving top performance from the
experts in our program.
1. View busyness as a lack of focus.
There’s a satisfying rush we experience when there’s
too much on our plate: we feel needed, challenged, even productive.
And yet
that pleasurable experience is an illusion. It robs us of our
focus, and
prevents us from making progress on the work that matters most.

2. Own your time.
Our most satisfying work comes about when we’re playing
offense, working on projects that we ourselves initiate. Many of us
know this
intuitively, yet we continue to spend the vast majority of our days
playing
defense, responding to other people’s requests.

3. Avoid the “Victim Trap.”
When things aren’t going your way, it’s easy to point
fingers or feel sorry for yourself. However, the more we embrace
negativity,
the more that negativity spreads. As author of Secrets of the
Millionaire Mind
T. Harv Eker points out, “Whatever you focus on
expands.”

4. Intentionally leave important tasks
incomplete.
Instead of aiming to finish important tasks in one sitting, try
leaving them incomplete. Doing so will encourage you to continue
thinking about
your work in different settings and, in the process, position you
to uncover
creative solutions.

5. Make a habit of stepping back.
The best solutions reveal themselves when we step into the shower,
go for a run, or take a vacation. Top performers view time off not
as stalled
productivity, but as an investment in their future performance.

6. Help others strategically.
Avoid saying yes to every helping opportunity. Instead, specialize
in one or two forms of helping that you genuinely enjoy and excel
at uniquely.

7. Have a plan for saying no.
Have a strategy in place for saying no, so that you don't have to
stop and think about how to phrase your response each time you need
to turn
someone down. Create an email template, or write out a script that
you can use
when doing it in person.

8. Make important behaviors measurable.
To make progress toward any goal, it helps to track our behaviors.
Bestselling author Gretchen Rubin sees monitoring as one of the
keys to
behavior changes, saying, “If you want to eat more healthily,
keep a food
journal. If you want to get more exercise, use a step counter. If
you want to
stick to a budget, track your spending.”

9. Do things today that make more time
tomorrow.
Top performers look for ways to automate or delegate activities
that are not a good use of their time. Not sure how to get started?
Ask
yourself this question: How can I use my time today in ways that
create more
time tomorrow?

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About Me

I live with my wife Shusmita, son Ahyan and daughter Suhaila in Fremont since 2005, shortly before joining Salesforce.com in San Francisco, California, USA. Although studied Economics in University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, I chose Software Engineering as my career with focus on Java and Object Oriented Programming. I am a passionate chess player and hold USCF Candidate Master title. I love to travel around with my family, read books, listen to music and write blogs. Read my IT thoughts at http://ashikuzzaman.wordpress.com, online diary of regular events at http://ashikuzzaman.blogspot.com and chess endeavors at http://dragonbishop.blogspot.com .